Project Updates

Thank you Heather from the united states for funding my projectmay the Almighty God bless you abundantly mum.Im going to use the funds to buy some beginning stock for my business and few equipments, and I believe the business will grow through profits and help me take care of my needs and those of my daughter.

Dear Lenders
I thank God that i have finished paying the loan. I also thank you my lenders for bearing with with even when the going was so tough for me. May God bless you.
I used the loan to pay university fee for a needy boy. He is doing well and he is in his 2nd year now. God bless you all

Thank you so much for supporting me in my past project. I started an organic farm where I grow organic vegetables and tamarillo fruits. This has taught me a lot about organic farming as I had to research on how to deal with various challenges like pests. It has been an exciting journey and I'm looking forward to harvesting the fruits in a few months as I even add more crops. I want to play an active role in producing healthy food for my neighbors.

I want to take this opportunity to really thank my supporters for the funds I recieved. I am going to buy a tank for rain water harvesting so that our pupils can drink clean water. This will help reduce water bone diseases and as a result performance will improve greatly. Be blessed so much.

Am very excited to update the community that we are progressing very well. The seeds we planted with the media we borrowed money to buy have germinated well. We have nearly 10,000 seedlings that are a week old. We have about 3 weeks to transplanting these seedlings in the field and planting a second phase of 10000 more seedlings in the nursery.
The 50 kg media we bought will help us propagate over 30,000 seedlings in 3 phases each 4 weeks apart. This means that we shall have a consistent production from our farm.

Please see photos below.

The completed projects really made a great difference in my household, I had a lot of food for my family ,i sold in cash and got a lot of profits that helped me pay school fees for my children promptly. I also bought new generator for irrigation.

My previous loan helped me acquire some electronics for my Airbnb making it more appealing to my clients. I have therefore maintained a 95% booking and increased my profits.

Hi backers, the previous disbursement I used to pay for nine bags of cement that I used in plastering my house. in so doing I was able to create employment.

I hope to buy a crate of eggs and a quarter bag of flour as this will help prevent me from frequent visits to the market and also help me produce for some time before having to restock. Thank you for making this possible.

I will buy all the materials needed for my DIY Furniture Project. Doing this is going to save a lot of money and time because instead of going to the materials market four to five times in a month is going to be just once in a month which is so helpful to me and my workshop. And I will use this opportunity to thank my lenders and say I'm so grateful thank you so much

It was worthy because from abject poverty it has really improved my life

I will buy farm pesticides and also to boost my chicken production in the farm and add more.
The fund will really help me in terms of increasing my farm productivity hence increasing income.
I highly appreciate the funder and promise to keep in touch with them for making my dream achieved.

Thanks for trusting me once again, I really appreciate your help. Us i said before i will go add new stock for my shop, mostly for the cold season. This will really boost my sales for this cold season.

The funds were greatly beneficial in helping me get into college and successfully completed my program! Thank you all for your support in this way.

Hello everyone,
Thanks for your support for my project. I was able to achieve the first phase of the project and its live on bmhm.org
Our goal is to create a mental health platform which will connect users with mental health providers and look forward to our continued support.

Thank you so much for funding my project. The funds will be of great help in equipping my bakery with an additional oven and mixer. This will assist increase production hence increased sales and profit.
In Kenya we says ASANTE SANA(THANK YOU)

Thank you so much zidisha for providing the platform in which people come together and fund projects to improve the economic status of other people.. I will use the funding to purchase more goods(mixed fruits)for my fruit shop and purchase a blender which I'll be using to make fruit juice and sell to my customers. Hoping it will do well.
With the help this platform I've been able to grow and be more financially independent which has been my long-term dream come true.
I sincerely appreciate each and everyone of you who funded my project. I appreciate your help in boosting my business and my life too. Thank you.

After receiving the money I will spend it by buying 4 heifers to boost my daily farming since I have enough feeds. It will help me much since it will increase my milk production in coming days, still it will create a job opportunity to one youth. I am really grateful for your kindness and goodwill for that act of funding my loan God bless you

I want to take this opportunity to say a very big thank you to all the members who funded my project. I am going to buy a water storage tank for rain water harvesting.
Our school children will drink clean water and be healthy. This will help them perform better which will lead to the growth and development of the school.
To my funders, you have made this project become a reality. Thank you once more and may God bless you all.

From the first application, I purchased Tyre Accessories (tubeless valves) for sale at the workshop.

This has really helped me from losing revenue because we used to send customers to purchase the tubeless valves from other automotive shops, this has helped at improving my cash flow.

I used part of the earnings to support and fund other entrepreneurs through part it forward impact which enabled me to increase my contribution.

Once my income is consolidated it enable to me to fund my children as they complete their university education.

I will now buy more sugar cane for my crusher to increase my jaggery production. This will inturn help in increasing my profitability. I believe this will improve the livelihood of my family and community as a whole.

I therefore want to sincerely those who funded my project. I am really humbled for the sacrifice you have made to make my dream a reality. Thank you a lot and may God bless you abundantly.

Hello,have been quiet for a while but still doing great, my business is wow,I bought a motorcycle,doing bakery job with it, supplying and distributing my products to wholesales,and shops

I hereby send my sincere gratitude for everyone who has funded my project. May you be richly blessed. May your baskets never run dry.
The finances will help me restock various beauty products in the salon. Therefore,this will increase my clientele base due to availability of products to offer my services. I will also be able to buy an extra blow drier so that we are able to serve more than on client at a time. Once our services are improved I believe I will get more referrals from our current clients. At the end of the day more opportunities will be created for hairdressers to be able to offer services at our salon. Thank you once again for your support.

Through Zidisha my business has grown from Mama mboga to grocery. Zidisha has helped me pay university fee for my daughter and now I still want to expand my business further. Zidisha is real.

Hello my supporters. I am very grateful to you all for the support you gave for my last project. The project was planting maize for the school lunch program. The maize farm is doing very well and with your support we expect a bumper harvest. This is going to make a big difference to the well being of these children and the surplus of maize will be sold for the development of the school. Infact since I joined the Zidisha family I have seen a big change in the school in terms of development. I am very grateful to the Zidisha Team who came up with the idea of global fundraising. The picture is the maize farm at present. The harvest will be late July or early August.

Thanks so much, and i highly appreciate your assistance. I purchased the pump and have started the project and indeed the pump is of great help.
Again Thanks.

Today, 8th June 2023, we bought 50kg of Peatmoss (the medium that we use in our green house to propagate seedlings). We raised $58 from our most recent funding application and this helped us buy the medium. We shall propagate 34,000 cabbage seedlings in four monthly phases, all of which shall be transplanted in our farm.

In the first picture, we have the Peatmoss medium that we bought.

In the second picture below my team and I are setting up drip lines on one of the blocks in our farm.

We shall also post photos and videos of the propagation process here and o our website, Facebook and Instagram pages.

Thank you for funding my project. Your support will go along way to help me purchase the following items; feeding troughs,watering troughs, trays, hatchers and to expand the housing. This will help me to realise my annual goal of doubling my produce output as well as help me get professional advice on best rearing practices.
Thank you for coming through at the hour of need and for making my project possible. Its my humble prayer to grow in my business venrure and assist others too.

Supporting you because you’re a parent! Take care of your baby boy.

Dear Zidisha,

This is my 5th loan application and you have walked with me in maintaining my small chicken farm especially in the economic crunch being faced in my country. I wish to thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Catherine

Hello,
My name is Joseph and am a member of the Zidisha community. I've benefited a great deal from 3 past and these helped me expand my transport business. I had several challenges to get through but the funding from Zidisha helped me ensure my operations were not interrupted. Eventually I sold the business and invested in a farm. My team and I grow a wide range of vegetables which we sell through our online platform and make home deliveries to our customers. This innovative way if selling directly to our customers ensures our customers get the best value for their money in terms of quality of groceries and the price and time at which they get them. Please check out out website, www.lusoihillfarm.com or visit and follow our Facebook,Instagram and LinkedIn pages (lusoihillfarm) to see our great journey.

I am very grateful to the members who funded my project. These funding will facilitate ploughing of the small space of land and also buying indigenous vegetable seeds. Now my family will not have to worry about vegetables anymore. The surplus will be sold for that extra shilling that will be used to buy other essentials . Thank you for making my project possible.

I will use the funds to increase my inventory. buy a wider variety of vegetables and fruits. This will help such that my customers will have a one stop shop for their grocery shopping which increases revenue and customer retention. Thanks for the assistance hope to help someone in future too.

My previous project has gone on so well such that I've been encouraged to continue making it even better , the eggs production has increased since I was able to purchase more chicken and the chicks are more comfortable since they are in a better housing

I intend to buy a waste water pump to assist in treatment/recycling of water for domestic use and irrigation. This will assist in increasing farm production, having an environmental friendly farm and reduce cost of buying water. Thanks for making this project possible.

So far so good I've been able to expand my chickens shelter the production has increased and the market for the eggs and meat is available I'll say am a happy farmer thanks to zidisha

I am writing this message to express my heartfelt gratitude for your generous funding towards my barber shop. Your support has not only given me the financial means to pursue my dream, but it has also served as a significant motivation to work harder and strive for success.

Your belief in my skills and vision has provided me with the necessary resources to create a welcoming and high-quality barber shop experience for my clients. With your funding, I have been able to invest in top-notch equipment, stylish furniture, and premium grooming products that elevate the overall ambiance of the shop.

Reading this post about five years ago brings back nostalgic feelings while also instilling a sense of humility and gratitude. My last post here was on August 15, 2015, and exactly a month later, I had the opportunity to embark on a one-year internship in Israel. The internship was incredibly demanding, causing me to completely forget about this platform. However, I never forgot about my dream and project of applying to a Master's program.

During my time in Israel, I was able to save money from the internship and applied to several Master's programs in the United States. I was admitted in August 2019 and successfully completed the Master's program in July 2021 with a perfect 4.0 GPA. I have now begun my Ph.D. program and am currently in my third year. It has been an incredible journey thus far.
Interestingly, while working on my research today, I stumbled upon a post that reminded me of this platform. I want to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to my donor and also apologize for not being able to repay them on time. Although the pay button is not currently functioning on my account, I will reach out to the help center and find a way to fulfill my repayment.

Ultimately, I believe I am now in a position where I can offer assistance to others as well.

I would like to inform my backers that I received my project this today with much joy. I will buy yarn for my hand crochet weaving and plan to buy a sewing machine to increase production and quality of my work. I thank you all for backing my project, without you I would not have succeeded. God bless you all.

The Ebenezer pupils are enjoying their lunch. The lunch project means alot to these children. The school also provides porridge for break.
I'm still very grateful to my supporters for the funds given to plant maize for the lunch project.

Hello Zidisha family. Thank you so much for funding my project. Your support will make a positive change in my business. I will use the funds in buying concentrates for my calves, and purchase two mineral blocks for them too.
I now believe that my dream of owning a farm will come to be no matter the time it will take. Thank you for trusting in me, and to Zidisha, thank you for the platform where lives are changed because you have changed mine.
I will pay it forward.

Thank you very much Zidisha members who have funded my project, am going to building materials to start my poultry project including feeding and drinking trough. God bless you abundantly, the project is good to help me in educating my children and changing our lifestyle as a whole, thank you all for making my dream come true..

thank you for all the support so far, I have made a lot of progress in the economy thanks to zidisha. I already have a motorbike, car and so on. Thank you very much

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terimakasih atas semua dukungan selama ini, saya banyak mendapat kemajuan dalam ekonomi berkat zidisha.sudah punya motor, mobil dan lain lain. terimakasih banyak

All the best Mali, I'm sure you can do it and still achieve your dream of going to college

I want to take this opportunity thank Zidisha family for finding my poultry project. Am now able to sell two trays of eggs every four days in which am helping my family.
Thankyou once again.

Thank you for for funding my last project. I used the funds to increase my yarn, do marketing for my handcrafts and I plan to open a shop to be able to display my finished goods and to reach out to more people. Thank you.

Greetings. First thank you very much for being on my side in backing my business. Your generosity and kindness is unparalleled. Last funding, I was able to purchase some of the equipment that I needed for my business. For instance the fridge I purchased that time to cool beverages doubled sales for the same. This is because where I am, it gets really hot and customers want cold beverages from the shop. This doubling of sales has enabled me to now expand my ventures to now run this clothes and bags shop. This is how your generosity is transforming things here in Kenya. Each of these shops, I do employ two people. This is how your generosity is creating employment here on the ground.

Thank you so much my Zidisha Team.
Frm my previous loan,I was able to raise my batch of chickens and have managed to sell .I also managed to get another batch which I will be selling in the next 2 weeks.At the moment,I would like to increase on my numbers of the chickens I'm able to buy.Secondly,I have been able to start a garden fr okra.thank you Zidisha.
From boilers,I wish to get in Layers fr eggs.Because the layers fr eggs require a lot more money,I want to continue with broilers until such a time when I can manage.Otherwise that is my dream to do layers for eggs...see my chickens and poultry house now in the photo

Hi My Dear Lenders.
Am doing great with my family here in Kenya. We are in the long rains season and Central Kenya is so beautiful after experiencing hot sun since January.
Thanks for your support.

Hello my Zidisha family, i am very delighted for your continued support. The previous loan changed my life positively and helped me increase my herd. I look forward in supporting this platform and always remembering to pay it forward.